Maybe the open source apps could be lying about their source code? For an example, put a version without trackers while the one they use have trackers?

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Yes they could. That's what reproducible builds are for. And Linux distribution maintainers. You better install software from places like the Debian package repository (or your distribution's repo) or from F-Droid (if you're using Android).

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